Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ '" '" 0> e, .... '" Dan Shirts passed l\lark Patterson to take the lead in the 200 Novice cl ass with James Lernain a n d R ich ard Gadd y h old in g pre ssure on fro m b eh ind in the corne rs. Bo b K rainert lo o ked ho t in th e 250 Juniors. gaining second by passing Dennis Mue lrath and pursuing winne r John Guglielmetti throughout the remaining laps of the race, From the Chicken Capitol of the World Cl .... '" S! ; .., ~ w Z W RATS! ..J U ~ U A ll en Y arrow (9 1G) b ested L ar ry Drew in the 500 Expert final. D r ew took top honors over Yarrow in th e 250 event . By J am es Bram mer PET A L UMA , CAL.. J u n e 10 , 19i2 Bill Bisel scored on his h o me town track win n in g th e 200 Junior final in scra mbles at Sonoma -l\larin Fairgr ou nds. Pr o b ab ly th e only race of th e year in which he has failed to win at leas t o ne class occurred here on opening n igh l. In his first final of the second m eetin g, h e se tt led fo r a conservative ride to fourth in til e 125 fi nal agains t a field of more ex pe r ie nced Junior class riders. T he n h e cam e o n s tro ng in the 200 Junior cl ass to win. Ch al le nger Next Week : ELSINORE . Ke lly ~lcIsaac chased Bisel to the finish keeping him occupied by a steady threat to pass. Hero of many aspiring fans, Larry Drew is not flamboyant or even a hard charge r , but he continues to win with amazing regularity in the 250 Expert class. In the final, Allen Yarrow was lead in g in a dice with Ron Kole . The race was practically half over when Ko le mo ved t o pass Y arr o w on the inside. In el b o w- to-e lbow ac tion , the tw o slo we d as th ey d ri ft ed h igh nu t of a corner before th e ju m p. Drew observing fro m th ird , sa w t he hole open on th e in sid e and came th rough speed ily as th ey ap proache d th e j u m p. After the jum p, Fre w was lead ing Ko le an d Yarr ow h ad slip ped fro m fir st to third . Yarrow m ad e the 5 0 0 Ex pert class w in look eas y over Ro n Kesler a nd Larry Dr ew , Dic k Pa rsons from th e Richmond Ramblers MC w o n a very competi tive 500 Novice fina l. _Shela Dol cin i won the Powde r Puff, , drawing applause as Pa tt y Foley did fo r her second place finish. Cheryl Ve stal, third, also is a potential w in~er. By AI Fo ls AD E LA NTO . C A L. . June I I, 1972 When I lo oked a t th e Ca le ndar to d ecide what eve nt to go to S u nday . June II, an d saw th a t th ere w er e three Hare S crambles list ed, I de cided it w as ju st to o mu ch. Let 's face it. Sunday mornin g. for the m ot o rcycle rac er. is ge tt ing to be one b ig RAT RACE. Well, th a t a t least gave me the an swer o f whe re to go this we ekend . So, Friday aftern o on found m e heade d for 17 m iles no rth o f A d el an to, just off H ighway 395 , in search of Ra t Race IH . I made the tum , d ro ve a co up le of m ile s. and saw enough ribbon, banners, and signs to make me th in k I had ended up on a circus lot. Then a nice lady came out of the trailer, said to park an ywhere and to co me o n in an d j o in the Rats for coffee . The only sad thing I heard over the wh ol e weekend was th at some clod o r clods kept removin g th e race signs (pos ts and all ) fro m th e highway, and kep t co vering up the lim e m a rks. The run to th e smoke b omb w as right th rough a n ot-so-dry-dry la k e. It w as almos t t ime t o w ater-p ro of you r rn o ro rcy cl e for desert racing. Past the bomb was open de se rt fo r 5-6 mi les w ith many small di tc hes an d lo ts of grease wood and cactus. Th n in to a back-street sandwash , somewha t smaller and tighter than a freeway sandwash , Hit check one and out of the wash. Up a sligh t grade and back down across a [Plras et urn to pg. 49) Scramb les at Perri s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Elaine Jones PERR I , CAL .. June 3 . 19i2 - Mike D u ll o nt took home the go ld in th e No vice ~loto I but fought every in ch o f th e way to do it. Third pl ace Stev e Robb , who h as m at ched h orns with Mike not only a t Perris but a t Corona. had a slight edge b ut took a hard o ne a t the top of th e esses an d narrowly m issed having his head run o ver b y ~I ike . Ti m Holm went after Do u g Mas on in the 250 Amateur-Expert go b u t th e flying Bul an d the com p u te rized Mr. Mas o n iust turned it o n some m ore. Donny Walters came out on a b ig 500cc Triumph and put it to th e Big Bike Amateur-Experts. Chu ck Whe al w on th e fir st m oto bu t h is p o or tra c k record a t nigh t returned to pl agu e him and he cou ld n ' t ge t it to geth er af ter th at. Pau l Lambert got th e secon d pl ace fin ish. Rob Morrison was p ut b ehi n d th e fast class o f 100ce 1 To vic es sin ce h e w as th e on ly 10 0 cc E xpert aro und. Even w ith th e handicap h e m a n aged to ge t h om e firs t an d d id one of th os e d own th e strai gh taw ay wheelies guaran teed to m a k e you a memb er of the ac id clu b, Rob lo st it an d lo ok ed like a su p er b a ll b o uncing beh in d his Ce n turion w h ich w as d oi n g some pretty good bo u ncing o f it s ow n , Jim \l' o ods and Der ek Ka tan ic rounded o u t th e field . The lad ies, God bless 'em. Sheila Dolcin i (660G) won the class on her 125 Su zuk i. Pat Foley (74 V) too k secon d , V isalia Ramblers- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - By Sportphoto VI SALIA , CAL. , June 3 , 1972 - Th e wea th e rm an co-operated co m p le tel y with th e Vi sali a Ramblers tonigh t to p ro vid e perfect weather for their second scram b les of the season . Bill J oh n son to o k charge righ t off the lin e in the 100-125 Expert. Coming through the second tum, J eff Lessley dri fted ou t just a bit hig h and Davey Math ews m oved th ro u gh fo r second. Ente ring th e firs t tu m of lap two, Do n A ndre atta reall y drove in hard under Keith to n ail d own th ird sp o t . J oh nson h eld the lea d, fo llo w ed closely b y Mathews, A ndreatta, Keith an d Salm on. Dandy D on Warren took - th e immediate lead in th e 2 50 Junior, with Bill Kenner righ t o n h is rear wh ee l. Per h ap s the p ressure w as a b it to o much for D o n as h e went to earth in a bi g w ay in the firs t rig h t-hander, w h ich al te red the runnin g orde r co m p le tely. Terry Wes t h eld th e lead ah ead of .lack Copp, Mark Staab. Jim King and \l' all y Kin ch en. West held th e lead to th e finish, with co ns id e ra b le sh u ffl ing and dirt samplin g back in th e pack. Lyle Mo ore jumped in to a marginal lead j n th e 5 0 0 Expert Main, very closely fo llowed by Il a rve y Bakker, Sparkie Edmonston, Bob Roger s and Tom l\lcCullum. Through tum one, Mo ore "left just enough opening for Bakke r to slip under for the lead . then Edmo nsto n follo we d suit in th e second tum to take second. In tum th ree , Bak ker made th e sa me e rro r Mo ore h ad earlier an d Edmonston slip ped b en eath fo r th e le ad , follo we d by Mo ore in to second. Exiting th e last tum of lap two , Ro ge rs, wh o b y the way is Di stri c t 35 's No. 1 b ig b ike mo to cro sse r , put the p ower to th e track an d slipped u n d e r Bak k er fo r third pl ace, then got past Moore in th e second righ t-h ande r on the las t lap to grab second. Bill Bisel (59 F) leads event ual 125 Ju nior winner Ted Kennedy (400) . Bisel dropped back to fou rth. retu m ed to win the 200 Junior Final.

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